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Well, it was apperantly a very last minute deletion. Which is why it has completed Special Effects.

Though, it seems to me that they could touch up a lot of the cut scenes. I know it's a lot of work just to clean them but they've got the sound effects ready to go, it's the score that's probably the difficult part and any audio from the set that they planned to use. Anyway, I don't own Blu-Ray but this may be what turns me to the dark side.

I can see why the scene wasn't included; the film works better without it. But it is still cool. If I were creating it, I'd have had Vader's parts the same, but with Luke seen from behind building it, and cutting something with the blade (hearing it, don't show the saber's color), so it'd seem like HE had a conflict within him.

If it's ONLY on Blu-Ray, I'd have to buy a player, too, if I decided to get it. But if it's on both DVD and R-R, I'll definitely pick these up (especially if it's in a set).

I was at the Main Event in the actual room (as opposed to one of the broadcasts) and it was thrilling to see that scene. George announced the Blu-ray (which means I'll finally be buying a player) and then brought out Mark Hamill. Mark talked about how his original entrance in ROTJ was cut (as I saw him the previous day, discussing how his original entrance was cut from ANH as well) and about how he loved news of deleted scenes when he was younger, like the King Kong deleted scenes. Then they showed it and it absolutely blew my mind. I had heard of the scene, but there seemed to have been some debate on whether it was filmed, or still existed, or what . . . but holy hell, that was incredible.

I have to get a region-free/code-free Blu-Ray player soon. I've got a lot of foreign DVDs, so I cannot just run out and grab any old model. *sigh* Time to start shopping. I guess we need to start doing that soon anyhow as my partner has ordered LOST and Battlestar Galactica on Blu-Ray anyhow.

I watched that clip that was shown at CV. Is it bad that I thought it was kinda awful?

Originally Posted by Bosskman

I hope they fix that horrible CG Sy Snootles. I think it's too much to hope for a return of Lapti Nek, but making a new CG Sy that looks exactly like the old puppet would satisfy me a little.

She seemed a bit too rubbery in the 1997 version. Give the girl some bones!!!! LOL Actually, that whole scene was awful and should be excised full stop. The original version was a little more tucked into the background and not so "in your face". It's like watching the film and having someone stick a Billy Mays Oxi-Clean commercial in the middle of it.

Well, as for the scene itself, I'm glad it was cut, but that may just be me saying that after being so familiar with the current ROTJ opening for so many years. I mean, it looks like it's supposed to be between the Moff Jerjerrod scene and R2-D2 and C-3PO walking to Jabba's palace, but the tone does seem strange. I wonder if there's more to it? I have to think there is.

As deleted scenes go, I'm more interested in seeing them and finding out why they were cut as opposed to judging their individual qualities.